Unpopular opinion: do what works for you isn’t always the solution.
Often what we believe works for us is a layered story that is construed from projections from social media, friends, family, work...
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olivia park
- Oct 8, 2020
- 3 min
How to give the middle finger to the fitness industry
I’ve been called a lot of things in my training life. Intense. Hard out. Scary. I’m always astounded at the unsolicited...
olivia park
- Apr 27, 2020
- 3 min
4 steps to build self trust
When you hear ‘listen to your body—just trust yourself’ does it make you want to scream ‘HOW?!’ It’s maddening to know that ‘self...
olivia park
- Apr 27, 2020
- 2 min
Strength training at home can be simple.
It's true that strength training at home is hard if you don’t have a lot of equipment. But there’s SO much that can be done to still...
olivia park
- Apr 23, 2020
- 2 min
How to come out of the pandemic ahead of the game.
Start creating a plan now for how this ‘less is more’ situation can permeate into your life once the world opens up again. Before...
olivia park
- Apr 23, 2020
- 3 min
Make your burpees mean something
Hate or love em’, burpees are an exercise you can do in a small space, they can be effective and make you feel like you’re working hard...
olivia park
- Apr 20, 2020
- 2 min
Time is not the reason why you’re struggling with your workouts right now.
Maybe it was before this malarky (the global pandemic). But now it’s your lack of capacity. You might have some more time (or not) with...
olivia park
- Apr 20, 2020
- 2 min
Is your programming empowering you or disempowering you?
Fact: female bodies change day to day, week to week. Fact: no female body is the same. There’s many different ways to create a sound...
olivia park
- Apr 13, 2020
- 2 min
How to make progress even if you don’t have equipment at home.
Whether you are on holiday with limited or no gym access or are out of the gym due to injury, schedule or in ability to get there, this...
olivia park
- Apr 13, 2020
- 2 min
Where to draw the line between do or don't
You can workout. You can also not. You can eat snacks. You can also not. You can go to bed at 2am. You can also go to bed at 8.30pm. You...
olivia park
- Apr 13, 2020
- 2 min
Two questions you need to ask yourself.
Can I? Will I? Your relationship to fitness—like any relationship—is not linear. No marriage or relationship is smooth sailing. Your...
olivia park
- Apr 6, 2020
- 2 min
Why training with intention is more important than ever.
Fact: The last few weeks have been like no other. It’s been messy. Weird. If you're like my clients and me your anxiety is high. Sleep is...
olivia park
- Apr 6, 2020
- 2 min
You’ve been training for this.
Whether you know it or not, you have been training for this. Physically, every rep you’ve done in the gym. Every training session you...
olivia park
- Apr 6, 2020
- 2 min
Are you making this mistake with gratitude?
It happened. I broke. Yesterday, I broke. I cried hard for everything that I hadn’t been allowing myself to feel the last couple of...
olivia park
- Mar 30, 2020
- 2 min
Why am I so motivated to get after it in the gym but so unmotivated at home?
Hi, me too. I am a gym rat A meathead A gym bunny A fitness freak But at home, meatheads can easily switch to potato...
olivia park
- Mar 30, 2020
- 2 min
What you will not see from me during CONVID 19
At-home workouts. What you will see? How I program for working out at home and provide infrastructure that is all encompassing— Training...
olivia park
- Mar 30, 2020
- 2 min
How to get into the mood to workout at home
I’m not talking sexy mood, but fitness mood. Do this: Forget your warm up. Right now what we thought we knew to be true has been turned...
olivia park
- Mar 30, 2020
- 2 min
9 ways to keep moving forward in the CONVID 19 lock down
Your mind and your body are still yours even though it feels like things have been taken away without your say. with the COVID 19...
olivia park
- Mar 22, 2020
- 2 min
How marriage is like fitness and fitness like marriage.
Our wedding that was in 3 weeks time, has now been cancelled. Due to you know what, we’ve had to pivot. I’m sad. Really sad. It feels...
olivia park
- Mar 22, 2020
- 2 min
Your fear of losing your fitness gains are valid
It seems trivial to talk about your fitness right now—but it’s still something that can be coming up for you, amongst everything else....